Barry Sanders / Walter Payton Auto BGS 10/10

[michael3322]

Hey guys,

I have been out of the football card game for a little while, and I was wondering what ever happened to the BGS 10 / 10 Passing the Torch 1999 dual on-card autos of Barry Sanders and Walter Payton?

This was the Beckett story from a few years ago.





Do we know who bought it? What was the final auction price? Did any other surface?

Thanks.

[BennyA]

First time I've seen this card graded Pristine 10 and I don't know what happened to it, but all I can say is that is one of the...best...cards...ever...

[packerfan4200]

I remember seeing the article you are talking about. I can't remember the exact number it sold for though. I do know it was well into the 5 figures but that was a few years ago.

[sportscards0513]

Ehh decent card I guess....

[trixstar]

I remember the guy used some sort of illness or pitched it as some sort of "help me with blah blah" when he was selling it. I think that's why it got as high as it did but if I remember correctly he wanted like 20k for it.


EDIT:
found the article

http://abc13.com/archive/8849818/

October 16, 2012 4:29:35 PM PDT
By Adela Uchida
HOUSTON --
A Houston couple is about to go for a Hail Mary, selling an old and valuable football card in hopes of using the money to have a child. Now they're getting a hand from one of the football stars on that card.

The Nelkins, who own a sports memorabilia shop in southwest Houston, have been struggling with infertility for more than a year. Now they're selling a prized possession, but what they didn't expect was that a pro football Hall of Famer would reach out to help.

From a wedding at the Toyota Center in March of last year to not one, but two failed in vitro fertilization attempts building a family has been a real roller coaster ride for Todd and Ula Nelkin.

"The first one resulted in an ectopic pregnancy," said Ula. "Nothing. There was no result."

"I've had a pretty fantastic life and I want to pay that forward to be a father like my dad," Todd said.

Ula is 42.

"It took a while for Todd and I to find each other," she said.

And the Nelkins were out of money, but wanted one more try at having a biological child before trying adoption.

So Todd is putting this football card up for auction to pay for that last cycle of IVF. A one-of-a-kind, double-autographed Walter Payton and Barry Sanders football card.

"We're hoping to get $20,000," said Todd.

And then NFL Hall of Famer Barry Sanders reached out to help the Nelkins on Twitter and Facebook. And then on the phone.

"I was completely surprised," said Todd.

In an email statement to Eyewitness News, Sanders said, "I want the Nelkins to know that I am supportive in helping spread the word about their cause and since this one of a kind item cannot be replaced, I wanted to send them another signed card to have in its place."

It's a gesture that gives the Nelkins hope that this time there will be a baby.

"I have no problem naming a son Barry," Todd told us.

The auction itself gets going the last week of October on eBay. If they raise the needed money, the Nelkins realize there's still no guarantee that the in vitro fertilization will work

[michael3322]

Thanks for the responses guys. I appreciate it. Was always wondering what happened to that card!